HOST-TO-WEB VENDOR NETMANAGE on Tuesday added Java support to its OnWeb integration solutions. Java-based functionality is currently available in OnWeb Host Publishing for Linux; the next product to include Java support will be OnWeb Host Publishing for Solaris, which will…

Many tragedies call for justice All through the fall, winter, and spring, the house next door to mine stood vacant, a mute testimonial to the wonderful woman who lived there, who died Sept. 11, when the plane she was on…

DATA JUNCTION AND Metis Technologies teamed up Tuesday to add data integration functionality to Metis’ peer-to-peer development platform. The partnership will see Data Junction’s integration technology bundled with Metis MCP 5 to enable developers working in a peer-to-peer environment to…

Small sales make big difference for nonprofits With all the woes of e-commerce sites that aren’t making it, it’s nice to find one that has put things together and doesn’t mind sharing its secrets with others. Suzanne Wouk, the Webmaster…

THE XML SIGNATURE Working Group of the W3C has released a recommendation of a standard means of digitally signing portions of XML documents. The proposed recommendation, which must be approved by the W3C director, enables signing of a specific object…

Network Physics NP-1000 monitors Internet traffic from server to end user ONE OF THE GREAT challenges of running a Web site has been to learn enough about your Internet traffic to provide visitors to your site with the level of…

Don’t get tricked into thinking that natural selection has put you right at the top of the corporate heap “THE FIRST CUP of coffee in the morning recapitulates phylogeny.” — Dr. Jerry Pournelle USUALLY, I get the joke. I don’t…

Sine readers suggest reports of Notes’ death may be greatly exaggerated, but save the obituary just in case LAST WEEK’S COLUMN (See ” Notes is Dead “) touched a deep nerve. I expected it would; I did not undertake the…

CTOs should know how to use consultants, but it’s a long way from lip service to implementation I’VE SPENT A lot of time in recent weeks thinking about the role of consultants in IT and business in general. Every CTO…

With the IT industry in a slump, now is the time for users to demand that vendors produce bug free software EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT software quality, or the lack thereof, but who is going to do something about it? That…